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On this day (February 19) in 2000, the United States Supreme Court ordered the FBI to release documents detailing its surveillance of John Lennon. The investigation of the Beatle was connected to his support for the Irish Republican cause and the Workers Revolutionary Party. The release came after historian and author Jon Wiener fought a long legal battle with the FBI. Wiener fought a 14-year legal batter with the FBI after he filed a Freedom of Information request and was denied. According to NPR, the agency claimed they were withholding the information in the interest of national security. Finally, after Wiener took his case all the way to the Supreme Court, the agency agreed to settle.

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